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IES Conference Hague-5-2004 Environmental Peace-making Game Theory: Using dilemmas of common aversion rather than dilemmas of common interest as the frame of reference (Ali, Saleem H. Environmental Planning and Cooperative Behavior. Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 23, No. 2, December 2003) –Moving from focus on quantity to quality, from distributive to integrative bargaining –Example: beyond the water wars hypothesis Some questions to consider: –Are environmental issues a major cause of the conflict? –If not, what level of trust is a necessary prerequisite to the use of environmental issues in conflict resolution? –Would environmental cooperation lead to larger cooperative outcomes -- moving from low politics to high politics?

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IES Conference Hague-5-2004 Glacial impact on regional water resources Hindu Kush Himalaya Glaciers Fast glacier recession and wasting through most of the region 500 million people partly depend on glacial meltwater Coastal region change? –Glacier/ice sheets are melting: effects on sea level. Changes in land cover and land use? –Changing glacier cover changes water availability, hence land use in areas downstream